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NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change (New Statesman), an award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher argue that the global populations inevitable decline will dramatically reshape our social, political, and economic landscape.
An ambitious reimagining of our demographic New York Times Book Review
For half a century, statisticians, pundits, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning population will soon overwhelm the earths resources. But a growing number of experts are sounding a different alarm. Rather than continuing to increase exponentially, they argue, the global population is headed for a steep declineand in many countries, that decline has already begun.
In Empty Planet, international social researcher Darrell Bricker and award-winning journalist John Ibbitson find that a smaller global population will bring with it many benefits: Fewer workers will command higher wages, the environment will improve, the risk of famine will wane, and falling birthrates in the developing world will bring greater affluence and autonomy for women. But enormous disruption lies ahead, too. The United States and Canada are well positioned to successfully navigate these coming demographic shiftsunless growing isolationism leads us to close ourselves off just as openness becomes more critical to our survival than ever.
Rigorously researched and deeply compelling, Empty Planet offers a vision of the future that we can no longer preventbut one that we can shape, if we choose.
Author: Darrell Bricker,John Ibbitson
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 02/04/2020
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781984823229
Language: English
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